Latest News: Classical, Recording of the Week
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Recording of the Week,
Bartók's Violin Concertos from Renaud Capuçon 23rd March 2018Renaud Capuçon performs Bartók's two violin concertos, accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra under conductor François-Xavier Roth.
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Recording of the Week,
Alfred Brendel performs music by Schumann and Brahms 16th March 2018Live recordings by Alfred Brendel of Schumann's Piano Concerto and Brahms's Handel Variations have been made available on disc for the first time.
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Recording of the Week,
Music by Florent Schmitt conducted by Sakari Oramo 9th March 2018James listens to a wonderful new recording of music by the neglected French composer Florent Schmitt, including his ballet suites, Antoine et Cléopâtre.
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Recording of the Week,
Porpora from Max Emanuel Cencic 2nd March 2018The Viennese countertenor marks the 250th anniversary of the composer and singing-teacher's death with a stunning collection of arias and a complete recording of Germanico in Germania.
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Recording of the Week,
Respighi from John Neschling and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège 23rd February 2018The Brazilian conductor and his Belgian orchestra perform Vetrate di chiesa, Il tramonto & Trittico botticelliano.
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Recording of the Week,
Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Polina Leschenko perform music by Poulenc, Bartók, and Ravel 16th February 2018Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and pianist Polina Leschenko perform sonatas by Poulenc and Bartók alongside Ravel’s Tzigane.
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Recording of the Week,
Murray Perahia plays Beethoven's Hammerklavier and Moonlight Sonatas 9th February 2018For the first time in his illustrious career, Murray Perahia turns his attention to Beethoven's monumental Hammerklavier sonata, alongside the ever-popular Moonlight sonata.
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Recording of the Week,
Verdi albums from Joseph Calleja and Sonya Yoncheva 2nd February 2018The Maltese tenor and Bulgarian soprano triumph in their explorations of the composer's more dramatic roles.
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Recording of the Week,
Alexander Melnikov plays four pieces on four different pianos 26th January 2018James listens to a fascinating new disc from pianist Alexander Melnikov, who performs four pieces of music by Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, and Stravinsky, on four different pianos.
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Recording of the Week,
Shostakovich from Paavo Järvi’s Estonian Festival Orchestra 19th January 2018Katherine is impressed by the bracing, visceral playing of the Estonian conductor's summer festival band, making their recording debut with two works by Shostakovich.
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Recording of the Week,
Riccardo Chailly conducts a world premiere recording of music by Stravinsky 12th January 2018James enjoys a stunning new disc of orchestral music by Stravinsky, including the world premiere recording of a recently-discovered early work, Chant funèbre.
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Recording of the Week,
Edward Gardner conducts the incidental music from Grieg's Peer Gynt 5th January 2018Katherine embarks on a thrilling journey to the Hall of the Mountain-King in the company of Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic.
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Recording of the Week,
Tippett Symphonies from Martyn Brabbins 29th December 2017James enjoys commanding accounts of the two first symphonies by Sir Michael Tippett from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Vivaldi's Dorilla in Tempe from Diego Fasolis and I Barocchisti 22nd December 2017Katherine welcomes back Naïve's Vivaldi Edition, which returns today with an effervescent account of the "Red Priest"'s pastoral pasticcio from the 1730s.
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Recording of the Week,
Presto Personal Favourites from 2017 15th December 2017Sibelius, Schubert, Beethoven, Christopher Tye and Elliott Carter feature among the editorial team's individual picks of 2017.
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko conducts music by Scriabin 8th December 2017James listens to a stirring performance of music by Scriabin from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic, released in October and chosen as one of our Top Ten Discs of the Year.
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Recording of the Week,
Christmas music from Le Concert Spirituel, the Sistine Chapel, and Merton College Oxford 1st December 2017Katherine enjoys a contemplative programme of Advent and Christmas motets from the Vatican choir (plus a very special guest!) and an incisive Messiah with a difference from Hervé Niquet.
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Recording of the Week,
John Nelson conducts Les Troyens 24th November 2017Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres triumph as the doomed lovers in Berlioz's Classical epic, recorded live in Strasbourg earlier this year.
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Recording of the Week,
Matthias Goerne - The Wagner Project 17th November 2017German baritone Matthias Goerne offers a selection of monologues from Wagner's operas, accompanied by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding.
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Recording of the Week,
Dolce Duello - Cecilia Bartoli and Sol Gabetta 10th November 2017The Italian mezzo and Argentine cellist go head-to-head in a collection of baroque 'sweet duels' celebrating the affinity of the cello and the human voice.